Chrysler 300M Owners: Meet the Members
Please introduce yourself!
My name is Karen and I'll be your host. Let me know what discussions you would like to have included in the 300M Owner's Club folder. Perhaps take a look at the already established Owner's Clubs for ideas? Anyone care to be a representative/Community Leader for the club? Let me know!
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
KarenS
Owner's Club Host
My name is Karen and I'll be your host. Let me know what discussions you would like to have included in the 300M Owner's Club folder. Perhaps take a look at the already established Owner's Clubs for ideas? Anyone care to be a representative/Community Leader for the club? Let me know!
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
KarenS
Owner's Club Host
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I would like to possibly see ratings of dealer service depts. Also, maybe a list of TSB's and recalls? Oh, and all the usual good stuff too, such as aftermarket suppliers, care and maintenance tips etc. Just my 2 cents! :-)
Stumpy
Loving it so far, no major problems.
Stumpy
Will the 300M XX thread still maintain a separate identity, or will it be tied inexorably to the newly created Edmunds 300M Owner's club. Was this requested by anyone, or is it a function of posting activity level, or exactly how did this come about? Inquiring minds want to know!
This is Edmund's Owner's Clubs Board and you're welcome to stay...or not? The current
Chrysler 300M XX discussion will always stay on the Sedans board and l8_apex will still be the host there. One of the nice features of this software is that a discussion can reside in more than one place.
Have you had an opportunity to look at the other Owner's Clubs, Cougar Support Group, Subaru Crew, etc.? You'll notice that their clubs have specific discussions, i.e. Dealer Experiences, Maintenance, Accessories, Photo Gallery, Gatherings & Events (A few members of the Subaru Crew recently met at the Baltimore Auto show.), etc. Also, some of the Owner's Clubs have a regular weekly chat here on Edmund's, which can be arranged for the 300M members...if they so desire.
In the future, Edmund's is planning other events for the Owner's clubs. I'd love to tell you, but even I don't know what is being planned. Must be a surprise, hunh? :-)
KarenS
Owner's Clubs Host
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1280646&a=9486000
1999 300M
Light Cypress Green (no longer made)
Light Beige Interior (no longer made)
Up grated Stereo/cassette/CD
Full sized spare/chrome wheels (5)
Mods I have done: Dual Exhausts
S&B Intake
Sound Deadening
Back Up Warning System
Lighted Center Shifter Indecator
Lighted Center Storage
Side Marker Lights
12volt Power Outlets (7)
Cincinnati, OH
1999 Platinum bought in Sept. '99
Agate interior
PHP
Upgraded stereo
Roof hole
17,900 miles
Repairs: TBS for crunching noise in front, driver side window motor (twice), rear right window motor.
Bottom Line: Still love the car and would buy another.
Thanks!
KarenS
Owner's Club host
To be honest, past discussion between the 300M members has covered whether they liked to have discussions broken up into different topics or not.
My personal opinion, which I _think_ is shared by a majority of the members, is that I prefer to not have the discussions all broken up. There isn't enough volume of postings to make it all that hard to follow the discussions all mixed into one thread.
If there were 200 messages/day it might be worthwhile to split into multiple topics, but it hardly seems worth the effort to read the extra topics. Yes, I know that with the "Read Subscriptions" buttons I'll be delivered to the other discussions only when they are active, but it is still a pain.
So I've now subscribed to the topics you created. Seems like you might at least have asked the members what topics they were interested in having...
KarenS
Host
Owner's Club
Tues., Jan. 30th, 5-6pm PT/8-9pm ET
Ed Hellwig - Associate Editor, Edmunds.com.
Associate editor Ed Hellwig came to Edmunds with a diverse automotive background that included stints as a gas station grease monkey, automotive spy photographer, and ice rink Zamboni driver. Ed spent five years making sure he hated cold weather at the University of Colorado in Boulder where he somehow earned a degree in American history between beer runs and football games. Upon returning, he proclaimed "snow sucks" and forever pledged his allegiance to the Southern California sunshine. Prior to joining Edmunds, Ed toiled under the iron fist of Tom Lindamood at A&M Specialists, a press vehicle logistics company, as a road-tester and delivery driver. While tooling around in Bentleys and Porsches was less than grueling, Ed just couldn't shake the editorial urge and jumped at the chance to join the Edmunds team. He's now responsible for writing road tests, editing our "Future Telling" column, and assisting in performance testing.
KarenS
Host
Owner's Club
I just go to Town Hall/Owner's Clubs/Chrysler 300M Club, click on the discussions that have the word "new" next to them (which includes the "regular" board), read some posts, maybe reply to some posts, maybe advertise my free custom clock faces yet again:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1280646&a=9486000
Easy enough.
Thanks to you and Edmunds for making this exclusive room for 300M enthusiasts. I know that there are other groups out there, but Edmunds is the only one I come to because of the diversity of topics and people. This is not a slight to the other groups, however. I'm sure they are good, too.
2001 300M (non-PHP)
Red
Zero problems and can't understand why someone would pay more for any car when this one does everything so well.
Tuesdays: 4-5pmPT/7-8pmET
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Thursdays: 5-6pmPT/8-9pmET, 6-7pmPT/9-10ET, 7-8pmPT/10-11pmET (This last time would be kind of late for East coast, but is available if you want it.)
The first scheduled chat would be March 6 or 8.
Let me know what time works for you!
KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
Thanks to all your messages. It helped me find this incredible car.
tmaclin93@yahoo.com
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KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
I have a question from a visitor to the www.300mclub.org web site. I couldn't provide an answer, but I know some of you troubleshooters out there will. Here's the question:
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We have a 2000 model 300M that we bought new in July, 2000. A few days after we purchased the car, we noticed that it emitted a fairly large
puff of smoke when it was first started. The car only did this when the engine was cold. When the engine was warm, no smoke was seen.
We took the car to the dealer. At first, they said that the car was operating within normal limits. After the problem persisted, we took
the car back to the dealer again. This time they acknowledged that the smoking was not normal.
The dealer replaced the fuel injectors. They suspected that one or more were leaking. This did not solve the problem. The dealer then put dye in the oil and drove the car for a couple hundred miles. The plugs were then checked for traces of dye. The dye test proved inconclusive.
The dealer then pulled the cylinder heads and replaced the left one. This seemed to solve the problem. That was last October. This week, we
noticed the smoking problem is back. We will take the car back to the dealer again.
Other than the smoking problem, the 300M has been a great car. Have any of the other 300M owners that frequent your web site experienced the smoking problem? If so, we would sure be interested in hearing about their experience and what was done to solve the problem.
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Any help/feedback would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Roger Waters President,
Chrysler 300M Enthusiasts Club
http://www.300mclub.org
I will be driving my silver Y2K 300M. Maybe I'll see you there.
Link for park: http://www.mot.org/index_static.html
I will be driving my silver Y2K 300M. Maybe I'll see you there.
Link for park: http://www.mot.org/index_static.html
Found out about these forums on Edmunds and Yahoo!when I joined the Chrysler 300M Enthusiast Club. URL:www.300mclub.org
Love my 1999 300M:
non-PHP
Deep Slate Gray Pearl Coat
Deep Slate Gray Leather interior
Power heated seats
Moonroof
AM/FM/Cassette/CD- no changer
Foglamps
17" Chrome "RazorStar" wheels
Goodyear Eagles
56K miles, 3500 of 'em mine
Bought in January at with 53K miles, have had no troubles like some I've read about since I've owned her. But that's probably because it was traded in by a now retired Chrysler Regional Service executive who had all scheduled maint. and I'm sure the TSB's done at the dealers he visited in it. I've got all her service records.
Awesome car excellent handling and suprising { to others ;-) } power. I've loved every mile I've owned it for. I spotted an IDENTICAL 99 300M last week for sale. Thinking of buying it for my wife who loves "Her" car and getting us plates 300MNM1 and 300MNM2. (FYI, both our names start with M). Only trouble would be with picking the right car on the first try without cheating.
Later,
Mike Edmonds
10SC_300M
Knoxville, TN
PHP,
17" rims,
spoiler,
silver with taupe leather (couldn't get her to agree to the black...),
full spare,
side impact ab,
lux package.
300M bra
greg
My vehicle is better than yours because....
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KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
I'm thinking seriously about the dual exhaust mod to make it "talk" a little louder and breathe a little freer! What do you think?
MOPAR or no car!
I got the Headlight film (Covers all 6 front lights on your 300M for $40) at:
http://www.macneilauto.com/lampguards_list.html
I got the paint protection film at:
invinca-shield 1-888-339-1385
http://www.invinca-shield.com/main.htm
Works best to wear thin latex surgical type gloves during install to prevent finger prints. I'm really happy with the install. Check mine out at www.chardans.net/300m (actually, you can't even see them in this pic; I'll have to take some where you CAN see the plastic)
Is ANYONE else experiencing these problems with their new 300? This (new) 300 only has 3k miles on it.
as far as the not finding the gear fast enough, mine does that too. my person opinion, the autostick feature is somewhat new, that may be a side effect of some sort. either way i think you need to take it in to your dealer and having them look at it.....
p.s. u should post questions like this in the regular board, the one iwth like 5000 msgs.... thats where we all hang..
It was definitely knocking not ticking. Has't done it since so see what the Dlr and D/C comes up with.
Bought my 300M, deep slate ext., with all the gizmos inside in Jun 2000. Haven't had too many problems other than windows creaking upon closing, replacement of the front passenger butt heater switch and a left suspension arm controller which happend just today. The main thing that bothers me is the window creaking. Have been to 3 5* dealers till now and no resolution. Has anyone managed to resolve it? If so, please let me know.
They replaced the window regulator and its been fine ever since.